Legacy Investing & Wealth Management Market Mondays – 8/15/16

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Let’s talk about hedge funds today. I used to hear that term from time to time but never knew what it meant. Basically, hedge funds are a fund ran by a group of Investment Advisers and are only open to people with deep pockets! The proper term is accredited investors who have more than $1 million in net worth or make over $200,000 per year. For married couples, at least $1 million in net worth or a combined income of over $300,000 qualifies them as accredited investors.

The reason people need at least this amount to qualify is because hedge funds are known for using some very high-risk strategies to hopefully make you money, or lose your money. They use strategies such as short selling, currency bets, risky options plays, etc. Funds typically charge 2% of assets as a management fee and they often take out the first 20% of all capital gain; a pretty hefty charge for this type of risk the investor takes on, wouldn’t you agree? Fyi – capital gains are the amount of money you’ve made from recent trades. Also, once you buy into a hedge fund there is a good chance you cannot sell it for at least one year, even if you’ve lost 50% of it….uuh, I’ll pass lol.

Now there are mutual funds called funds of hedge funds where a non-accredited investor can invest in. These mutual funds would have investments in several different hedge funds. As you probably imagined, the investor would not be able to sell this fund within a certain time period and they also involve high expenses, incurring the expenses of the hedge funds themselves and the expenses of the mutual fund.

It’s been a while since we’ve talked about the market but since the June 20th S&P 500 close of 2071, we are up significantly! This past Friday we closed at 2184 so anyone who was selling the market at the bottom of the Brexit situation, lost a lot of money. I try to encourage people to buy the stock market when we have a mini-crisis such as the market being totally surprised by an event like Brexit. For the new people Brexit was Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union which caught everyone by surprise.

We have had over a 200 S&P point run higher since June 27th and I would not advise putting new money to work at this point. I would wait for a pull-back, then buy some of your favorite stocks, ETF’s or what have you. The market fear gage (called the VIX) is very low right now and when it’s this low it signals an imminent stock market pull-back or correction. Buying protection or insurance (in the form of options) for any positions you have in stocks would be a good idea just in case the market pulls back.

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Doug Hayes has always had a mindset of entrepreneurship and wealth building. He started his first business (a community newspaper called “Doug’s Monthly”) at 12 years old. Having always shown an interest with numbers and budgetary management, Doug pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Howard University, graduating in 1996. By the age of 23, he bought his first house and by 25 he was running his own successful limousine and sedan service in the Detroit, MI area.
Doug invested in more real estate beginning in 2006, then in 2008 he saw many good companies substantially undervalued in the stock market because of the financial crisis. It was absolute panic so he took a chance on a few companies, knowing we would eventually come out of the recession and made a profit. He educated himself on investing in the stock market through continuous research and surrounding himself with other traders. He took control of his own 401K and established an IRA account by transferring old 401K’s into it. This gave him flexibility to use various strategies to yield better returns.
Doug's own finances have seen highs and lows so he designed a budget system he calls The Roadmap to Financial Freedom. This system helped him to stay focused in paying down debt, saving money, and planning for an early retirement.
Seeing an absence of financial literacy in our society coupled with his Christian roots, Doug developed a passion for helping others become successful in financial management. Through the experience he’s gained trading the stock market, he wants to help people develop a road map for building generational wealth. He says "many people have a misconception of the stock market because of their lack of knowledge, but it has proven to be the biggest wealth creator known to man." With Doug’s 20-plus years of experience in financial management, customer service and sales, he wants to educate and help you create a legacy that can be passed down for generations to come.
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